CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0735

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.72%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to temporary user directories and to monitor and update KDE K-Mail software to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS